Messy Love
Lent 5C John 12:1-8 Eternal God, who brings us together in the midst of family and friends and those we love, grant us to take a deep breath and give to each other generously of our time and attention. Through your Son our Savior Jesus Christ who is your example for us. Amen. The gospel passage today is from the gospel of John. John’s gospel is so interesting because of the number of layers he has in his story. I’ve talked about this before, the multilevel drama of John. Always, the interplay of these levels adds depth and dimension to the story and so in order to see what is going on, we are going to take apart the passage for today, peel back the layers, to find the real focus of this story. This story has five major characters in it: John, Judas, Lazarus, Mary, and Jesus. We are going to look at each person, what role they play, and how they affect our view of what happens. We are going to start with John. John isn’t exactly in the story as a character, bu...